6-7. Se'i yona veshim'ini (Go, Dove, and hear Me)

This is a shira for any occasion, with a tawshiḥ. It is attributed both to David ben Zecharia Halevi and to Sa'adia. Alternate stanzas are in Hebrew and Arabic. The content of the song is an extension to the soul to create for itself a world of absolute truth. The song is very well known in Israel, especially to a melody that was apparently arranged and published by Yechiel Adaqi, and popularized through the singing of Shoshana Damari. This melody was used by several Israeli composers such as Hanoch Jacoby in his "Suite Poulaire" (1950), by Mordechai Seter in his "Yemenite Suite" (1966). and Oedoen Partos in his "Yemenite Song". Reuven Yaron arranged it for a three-part ensemble.

Here two performances, composing six melodies, are presented. The singers pass from one melody to the next in a natural progression, according to the circumstances. There are here two types of responses: in the fifrst, the soloists reply to each other; in the pther, the soloist begins and the ensemble responds.

6. Zadok Zubeiri and Yosef Ozeiri sing only the first stanza, but repeat it. They begin with a very well known melody in duple meter, slow tempo and flowing rhythm, and continue with three different melodies, accompanied by a dance. These melodies, some of them in triple and others in duple meter, are more regular, and are accompanied by drum and tin pan. At first they sing in a responsorial manner - Zadok sings the opening and Yosef the closing hemistich - and then they both sing together.

7. Menachem Arussi and the Kiryat Ono male ensemble sing the first and third stanzas, and the end of the third, all in Hebrew. From the second verse of each stanza they sing in a responsorial manner: the soloist sings the opening hemistich, and the ensemble responds with the closing hemistich.